Fritz Leiber
Fritz Reuter Leiber Sr. was an American actor. A Shakespearean actor on stage, he also had a successful career in film. He was the father of science fiction and fantasy writer Fritz Leiber Jr., who was also an actor for a time. Leiber and his wife spent much of their time touring in a Shakespearean acting company, known by the 1930s as Fritz Leiber & Co. Leiber made his film bow in 1916, playing Mercutio in the Francis X. Bushman version of “Romeo and Juliet.” With his piercing eyes and shock of white hair, Leiber seemed every inch the priests, professors, musical professors, and religious fanatics that he was frequently called upon to play in films. His many silent-era portrayals included Caesar in Theda Bara's 1917 “Cleopatra” and Solomon in the mammoth 1921 Betty Blythe vehicle “The Queen of Sheba.” He thrived as a character actor in sound films, usually in historical roles. In the film “Champagne Waltz” he portrayed an orchestra maestro; the role required him to play classical music on a violin and jazz on a clarinet. One of Leiber's larger assignments of the 1940s, and his most notable musical role, was as Franz Liszt in the Claude Rains' remake of “Phantom of the Opera” (1943). Leiber appears together with his son Fritz Leiber Jr. in the wedding-feast scene of Greta Garbo's film “Camille” (1936) and in Warner Bros.' “The Great Garrick” (1937). Leiber also appeared with his son Fritz Leiber Jr. in “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” (1939), but Fritz Leiber Jr. was not credited for his small speaking part. Late in his career, Leiber performed briefly opposite Charles Chaplin as the priest who visits Monsieur Verdoux in his prison cell.
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Películas (56)
Devil's Doorway
1950 · Mr. Poole
Samson and Delilah
1949 · Lord Sharif
Bagdad
1949 · Emir
Bride of Vengeance
1949 · Filippo
Song of India
1949 · Nanaram
Inner Sanctum
1948 · Dr. Valonius
Another Part of the Forest
1948 · Col. Isham
To the Ends of the Earth
1948 · Binda Sha
Adventures of Casanova
1948 · D'Anneci
Monsieur Verdoux
1947 · Father Fareaux
High Conquest
1947 · Priest
The Web
1947 · Leopold Kroner
Dangerous Venture
1947 · Chief Xeoli
Bells of San Angelo
1947 · Padre
Humoresque
1947 · Hagerstrom
Strange Journey
1946 · Prof. Jenner
Angel on My Shoulder
1946 · Chemist Who Poisoned Wife (uncredited)
A Scandal in Paris
1946 · Painter
Scarlet Street
1945 · Evangelist (uncredited)
This Love of Ours
1945 · Dr. Bailey
The Spanish Main
1945 · Bishop
The Cisco Kid Returns
1945 · The Padre
Youth Runs Wild
1944 · Judge (uncredited)
Cry of the Werewolf
1944 · Dr. Charles Morris
Cobra Woman
1944
Phantom of the Opera
1943 · Franz Liszt
First Comes Courage
1943 · Dr. Aanrud
Crossroads
1942 · Foreign Minister Deval (uncredited)
Aloma of the South Seas
1941 · High Priest
Lady with Red Hair
1940 · Mr. Foster
The Sea Hawk
1940 · Inquisitor
All This, and Heaven Too
1940 · Abbe Gallard
The Way of All Flesh
1940 · Max
Pack Up Your Troubles
1939 · Pierre Ferrand
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1939 · Old Nobleman
Nurse Edith Cavell
1939 · Sadi Kirschen
They Made Her a Spy
1939 · Dr. Krull
Gateway
1938 · Dr. Weilander
Flight Into Nowhere
1938 · Ti-Ana
The Jury's Secret
1938 · John Morrow
The Great Garrick
1937 · Horatio in 'Hamlet'
The Prince and the Pauper
1937 · Father Andrew
Under Southern Stars
1937 · Stonewall Jackson
Champagne Waltz
1937 · Franz Strauss
Anthony Adverse
1936 · Ouvrard
Sins of Man
1936 · Father Prior
Down to the Sea
1936 · Gregory Pappas
Hearts in Bondage
1936 · Capt. John Ericsson
The Story of Louis Pasteur
1936 · Dr. Charbonnet
A Tale of Two Cities
1935 · Gaspard
The Queen of Sheba
1921 · King Solomon
The Song of the Soul
1920 · Jerry Wendover
If I Were King
1920 · Louis XI
Cleopatra
1917 · Caesar
The Primitive Call
1917 · Brain Elkhorn
Romeo and Juliet
1916 · Mercutio
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